Re: Title as attribute or element?

I use the xlink:title attribute on shape elements in order to generate 
tooltips (FireFox only) that identify plants on a map of a garden:
http://www.comfsm.fm/~dleeling/ethnobotany/ethnogarden.xhtml
e.g. <circle xlink:title="Calophyllum inophyllum" cx="0" cy="0" r="4" 
fill="white" stroke="black" stroke-width="1px" />
In other instances this might be an accessibility usage. This is not 
permitted by the SVG specification and thus fails validation. Where I 
there is an anchor element for the plant, I can use xlink:title on the 
anchor, and this is legal. But for many plants there is no link to an 
image, hence the xlink:title is often used as an attribute on the circle 
element. I feel xlink:title should be allowed on any displayed element 
for the purpose of tooltips and accessibility. Pardon me for being 
slightly off-topic, a search of the list did not turn up my particular 
concern.
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Dana Lee Ling
Professor
College of Micronesia-FSM/National site
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Received on Friday, 5 December 2008 02:20:26 UTC